Issues & Insights
Reading outside. Source: Wikimedia Commons

What We’re Reading Today: Florida In Play, Trump Cuts Rx Prices, L.A. Sheriffs Shot . . . And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Politics & 2020 Election

Florida Lt. Gov. says Biden falling behind in Latino votes because Trump ‘has delivered’ in community — Fox News

The Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede — The Atlantic

Doug Schoen: Presidential race is much closer than many now think — The Hill

Mike Bloomberg to spend at least $100 million in Florida To Benefit Joe Biden — Washington Post

Trump vows to revive economy at Nevada rally, warns Democrats will ‘rig’ election — New York Post

No End To Western Fires

Death Toll Rises As West Coast Wildfires Continue To Rage — Sunday Today, Via YouTube

Oregon city ‘looks as though a bomb went off’ as fires continue to scorch the West Coast — CNN

Trump Orders Cuts In Rx Drug Prices

Trump Issues Expansive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices — The New York Times

Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices in fight against Big Pharma — Fox News

Trump unveils plan to slash drug costs tied to what’s paid abroad — Politico

L.A. Deputies Shot In Ambush

‘We hope they die’: Protesters at hospital jeer deputies shot in ambush — Washington Examiner

Trump calls for swift justice in shooting of ambushed deputies as manhunt intensifies in LA — Fox News

Disgusting scenes outside LA hospital as protesters taunt cops about two young county sheriffs fighting for their lives — Daily Mail, U.K.

Business: Battle For TikTok Ends

Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S.; Microsoft Proposal Is Rejected — Wall Street Journal

Oracle Said to Be Picked as Winner for TikTok’s U.S. Assets — Bloomberg Markets & Finance, Via YouTube

Elsewhere In The World . . .

Iran considering assassination plot against US diplomat to avenge Qassem Soleimani: report — The Hill

Massive Protests Continue In Belarus As Demonstrators Demand Lukashenko Resign — NPR

Trump Peace Prize Watch: In Arab States’ Embrace, Israelis See a Reshaped Mideast — New York Times

Support Independent Journalism

Issues & Insights was founded by seasoned journalists from the IBD Editorials page. Our mission is to provide timely, fact-based reporting and deeply informed analysis on the news of the day -- without fear or favor.

We’re doing this on a voluntary basis because we believe in a free press and because we aren't afraid to tell the truth, even if it means being targeted by the left.

We are 100% reader supported!!

If you like what you see, please feel free to donate.

And be sure to tell your friends!

I & I Editorial Board

The Issues and Insights Editorial Board has decades of experience in journalism, commentary and public policy.

Our Declaration of Independence From Big Tech

Support Independent Journalism

We are now 100% reader supported!!

If you like what you see, please feel free to donate.

And be sure to tell your friends!

About Issues & Insights

Issues & Insights is run by seasoned journalists who were behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning IBD Editorials page (before it was summarily shut down). Our goal then and now is to bring our decades of combined journalism experience to help readers understand the top issues of the day. I&I is a completely independent operation, beholden to none, but committed to providing cogent, rational, data-driven, fact-based commentary that the nation so desperately needs. 

Follow us on

Discover more from Issues & Insights

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading